The Efficacy of Transverse Fixation and Early Exercise in the Treatment of Fourth Metacarpal Bone Fractures |
Moon, Suk-Ho
(Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Hak-Soo (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Jung, Sung-No (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) Kwon, Ho (Department of Plastic Surgery, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) |
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